Bracha
Bracha is a Jewish benediction.
- Hebrew
Meaning & Origin of Bracha
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Bracha is a Jewish benediction.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Hebrew
The Story of Bracha
Bracha first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1959, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2022: 109 births, good for #1,856 nationwide. About 28% of every Bracha on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Bracha ranks #1,931 for baby girls with 103 births, rising sharply (+27% over the past five years). All told, over 3K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1950s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Bracha
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Bracha. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Beracha
Names that sound like Bracha
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About the name Bracha
Bracha is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1959 and has accumulated 3K births in the dataset. Bracha's peak popularity came in 2022 when it ranked #1,856. Use the chart and map above to compare Bracha's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.